Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 71.89
Liaison Isabel Savransky
Submission Date Nov. 14, 2023

STARS v2.2

Ontario Tech University
OP-4: Building Operations and Maintenance

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 5.00 Isabel Savransky
Sustainability & Asset Planner
Office of Campus Infrastructure and Sustainability
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Total floor area of existing building space:
121,402.97 Square meters

Floor area of existing building space operated and maintained in accordance with a sustainable management policy/program and/or a green building rating system:
Existing floor area
Certified at the highest achievable level under a multi-attribute, Green Building Council (GBC) rating system focused on the operations and maintenance of existing buildings (e.g., LEED O+M Platinum) 0 Square meters
Certified at the 2nd highest level under a 4- or 5-tier, multi-attribute, GBC rating system focused on the operations and maintenance of existing buildings (e.g., LEED O+M Gold) 0 Square meters
Certified at mid-level under a 3- or 5-tier, multi-attribute, GBC rating system focused on the operations and maintenance of existing buildings (e.g., BREEAM-In Use Very Good) 0 Square meters
Certified at a step above minimum level under a 4 -or 5–tier, multi-attribute, GBC rating system focused on the operations and maintenance of existing buildings (e.g., LEED O+M Silver) 0 Square meters
Certified at minimum level under a multi-attribute, GBC rating system focused on the operations and maintenance of existing buildings (e.g., BREEAM In-Use Pass or LEED O+M Certified) 0 Square meters
Certified at any level under a non-GBC rating system or single-attribute rating system focused on the operations and maintenance of existing buildings 0 Square meters
Operated and maintained in accordance with a multi-attribute, sustainable management policy/program, but not certified under an O+M rating system 121,402.97 Square meters
Operated and maintained in accordance with a single-attribute, sustainable management policy/program, but not certified under an O+M rating system
 0 Square meters
Total 121,402.92 Square meters

Percentage of existing building space certified under a green building rating system rating system focused on the operations and maintenance of existing buildings:
0

A brief description of the sustainable operations and maintenance policy/program and/or O+M rating system(s) used:
All campus buildings are built to LEED Silver certification and strive to achieve greater annual energy savings over the ASHRAE90.1-2010 (or equivalent ASHRAE standards during the building design phase).

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the institution’s sustainable operations and maintenance program is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The indoor air quality guideline, ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 62.1-2013 Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality and the Thermal Environmental Conditions for Human Occupancy (ASHRAE Standard 55-2013)is followed; Occupants can submit a work request/complaint or request an action item regarding indoor air quality; implemented measures are recorded and tracked in the Archibus system (Under HVAC dropdown) https://sites.ontariotechu.ca/ocis/service-requests/index.php. Indoor Air Quality testing is completed, measuring CO, CO2, temperature and particulate matter in air. There are also CO2 sensors located in/near large mechanical rooms.

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